Talk:List of rivers of Scotland

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Which is right? I have included the tables from both the Brit and the Scottish sites. There seem to be descrepancies, in the case of the Don and the Tay.


River Length (miles) (km)
1 River Severn 220 354
2 River Thames 215 346
3 River Trent 185 297
4 River Aire 161 259
5 River Great Ouse 143 230
6 River Wye 135 215
7 River Tay 117 188
8 River Spey 107 172
9 River Nene 100 161
10 River Clyde 98 158
11 River Tweed 96 155
12 River Eden, Cumbria 90 145
13 River Dee, Aberdeenshire 85 137
14 River Avon, Warwickshire 84 136
15 River Don, Aberdeenshire 80 129
16 River Bann 76 122
17 River Ribble 75 120
18 River Tyne 73 118
19 River Tees 70 113
20 River Dee, Wales 70 112

[edit] By length

The ten major rivers of Scotland, in order of length, are:

  1. River Tay 193 km (120 miles)
  2. River Spey 172 km (107 miles)
  3. River Clyde 171 km (106 miles)
  4. River Tweed 156 km (97 miles)
  5. River Dee 137 km (85 miles)
  6. River Don 132 km (82 miles)
  7. River Forth 105 km (65 miles)
  8. River Findhorn 101 km (63 miles)
  9. River Deveron 98 km (61 miles)
  10. River Annan 79 km (49 miles)

--MacRusgail 20:44, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

EB suggests 120 miles (193km) for the Tay [1], 82 miles (132km) for the Don [2], 106 miles (170km) for the Clyde [3]... In fact, EB appears to agree with all the figures from the Geography of Scotland page.